22 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SANCROFT. 



tures cannot find him ; because I cannot recon^ 

 cile them to what you write of him in two of 

 your letters compared together. Name him, I 

 pray, hardiment. 



** When you happen upon the excellent Mr. 

 Evelyn, give him my most hearty respects, and 

 thanks too, for the receit (recipe) he sent me : 

 but the process is too operose, and not worth 

 the while for poor me. I had fancied it to be 

 some of the EuVo^jfa, because he said it was pre- 

 pared annually for his poor neighbours ; but 

 considered not that his great charity is as ex- 

 tensive as other men's curiosity, or desire of 

 glory. 



*' I have often wondered (and ignorance, you 

 know, is the cause of admiration,) what the 

 clause (A) in the bill of treasons might be, 

 which hath occasioned so many conferences, 

 and so much pro and con between the two 

 houses, that on one side they are forced to 

 detach the Hallifaxes, and such heroes for their 

 assistance. The weekly votes often mention 

 this unlucky clause, but are never so kind as to 

 tell us what it is ; taking it for granted, per- 

 haps, that we poor country boors know as much 

 as you Londoners, who have chairs allowed 

 you to sit upon the very stage. A word or two 

 of your s may enlighten my ignorance. 



" With much grief of heart I read the tragical 



